The Making of the Champagne Cardigan with Noro Madara yarn | A Knitting Vlog
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2024
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Join me as I vlog the making of the Champagne Cardigan in Noro Madara yarn. I’ll share my garment-making process and experience working with this new-to-me yarn! Special thanks to the Twisted Purl Yarn Studio for sponsoring this episode. Please use code: Svenjaknits20 for 20% off your first purchase. Link to the Twisted Purl online shop here: the-twisted-purl-yarn-studio....
LINKS TO TUTORIALS
Double-knit button band: • Champagne Cardigan - d...
Double-knit button hole: • Champagne Cardigan - P...
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
1:20 Pattern and yarn details
4:07 Reading through pattern + winding yarn
5:08 Gauge swatching
9:37 Casting on project
11:07 Working with Noro yarn
16:08 Updates on body
20:02 Using Barber cords
21:52 First try-on
23:25 Picking up sleeves
25:22 Sleeve progress
28:21 Sleeves finished
30:16 Ordering more yarn
33:26 Tubular bind-off
34:05 Double knit button band
37:34 Knitting is done + thoughts on blocking
38:13 Final try-on (pre-blocking)
39:08 Blocking
40:15 Final thoughts + buttons
41:50 Final reveal and try-on!
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Champagne Cardigan by Petite Knit
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Noro Madara
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ChiaGoo Red Lace Circular Needles
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I love these types of videos. So relaxing and fun to knit along with you. A little tip I learned while blocking, I put a large colander in the sink then put my garment in the colander, fill sink with water. Garments are so heavy when wet and stretch when lifting out of the water no matter how careful you are. Just drain the sink and gently press out the water. Lift the colander with the sweater out and no stretching. It's so much easier. Love how your cardigan came out. It's now on my wish list. P.S. I live in the next town over from Stowe!
That is a brilliant idea!!! I never thought about that. Thanks for sharing!!
What a fantastic idea. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for the great tip. I’ll be buying myself a large colander asap 🐨🇦🇺
Your sweater is gorgeous.
I like how you talked about the process of choosing a pattern I can spend so much time looking at patterns, and it can be hard to choose.
Blocking made your sweater so much better.
I really loved this video. Very few podcasts take you through the process of making a garment. I’m new to making sweaters so this really helped me visualize what I’m supposed to do. Beautiful work ❤
Thank you! I struggled a bit with how much to show vs. talk about. Glad you found it helpful!
Very beautiful sweater. Great job! Thank you for highlighting a 🇨🇦 Yarn Shop. That's so awesome!
I loved the smile on your face when you were showing that beautiful finished blocked cardigan!!!!!! All your hard work payed off and was so worth it!!!!! I can picture you feeling so excited wearing it to work and out and about!!!!! YOU DID AN OUTSTANDING KNITTING JOB ON YOUR CARDIGAN AND IT TURNED OUT SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!IT LOOKS STORE BOUGHT!!!!! DONNA
Thank you Donna!
This was such a journey thank you for filming the process and the results, the colour really make this cardigan a treasure!
Glad you enjoyed it! ☺️
Thanks for sharing the process with us. Beautiful sweater!
Wow! Really beautiful…thanks for sharing your process!
Love that yarn!!!I had a sweater in a tan color and miss it.
This felt just like hearing a friend sharing her knitting process - so approachable and engaging with lots of helpful tips. It really helps to hear you thinking through things aloud. Looking forward to the next one! And I love the tweedy Noro yarn! ❤️
That means a lot, thank you Michelle!
Loved seeing the journey! Such a beautiful cardi! I made a blanket using Noro yarn, I enjoyed working with it too. Love your Coastie shirt! My husband is a retired coastie! We actually spent two tours in Maine! ❤️ Thank you for taking us on your journey.
Hi! I got that shirt for $4 right before the exchange in Portland closed :( Should have bought a few more! Thanks for watching!
TU for taking us along with in knitting ur sweater❤❤
Love how your cardi turned out! ❤ So fun seeing the process from start to finish!
So happy you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching :)
Wow what a difference when blocked it looks fabulous well done 👏
I love, love, love it!
You can see it's not too thick and heavy a fabric...very nice!
Just lovely !
Beautiful pattern 😊thank you 😊
That yarn is 🔥. Love the look of that cardigan too. Thanks for sharing your whole knit and the adjustments along the way.
Glad you like it! Thanks for watching 😊
Gorgeous sweater. Really enjoying your videos and learning a lot of new tips. Thank you so much ❤
Thanks for watching!
Beautiful!
That came out so good! It’s amazing what a good wet blocking can do!!
It’s crazy how much it transformed with a wet block!
Stunning 😊
Thank you for this great knitting video with detail. The sweater is beautiful! I am building up the courage to give it a try. 😊
I encourage you to try! Thanks for watching!
Very stunning cardigan! Thank you for this tutorial. I enjoyed watching your progress.
Thank you so much!
I looooove your sweater and podcast! Thank you for this vlog! It’s inspired me to try a cardigan! You rock!!
Aww, glad you found it helpful!!
So beautiful and it fits you so well. I‘ve been eyeing for a while now at Noro Madara…😊
Thanks! It's a beautiful yarn. I hear some new colors are coming out this season as well...
Beautiful yarn!
This podcast was brilliant, just loved watching you going through the different step. Yarn is gorgeous and off to find the champagne cardigan pattern lol ❤
Lovely cardigan, I was so pleased to see you had used yarn from Twisted Purl Yarn Studio, here in beautiful British Columbia! It is my nearest yarn store! Enjoyed your clog and will make sure to watch more. Thank you.
It was a lovely experience working with the Twisted Purl :) I hope you get to visit often!
I love this sweater on you! What a beautiful job you did. That yarn is really amazing with the specs of color too.
Thank you - it was a really enjoyable knit!
I learned how to knit using the Portuguese method and WOW is purling so easy, even easier than knitting using that method. Sometimes I will turn a project inside out in order to do more purling because it is so easy using Portuguese. I would recommend for anyone to give it a try.
The only disadvantage I see is that I have to be a little bit careful when doing any lace work because Portuguese is really great for sock knitting as it makes it super easy to knit tight. You can take advantage of the natural tension created by how you hold the yarn. However, once you get the hang of it it's pretty easy to release tension while doing lace work. I have nearly forgotten how to do continental and English style because once I tried Portuguese that was it for me. And I had been a knitter for many years when I switched, so even for someone who has been knitting a certain way, like I had, and become second nature, I still recommend giving it a try just to see how you might like it. I got hooked almost instantly.
I love this sweater and very much enjoying watching this vlog. The yarn is absolutely gorgeous! And your knitting work is beautiful as well.
Interesting, I'll have to check this out! Thanks for sharing.
beautiful sweater :))
Thank you! 😊
Love the sweater! It makes me want to knit it! Loved your vlog was very informative. You made the right decision to wet block it. It took it up to another level in beauty!!!
Aw thanks so much!! I agree about blocking - it’s magic!
Semper Paratus!
Coastie kid here. And Coastie wife for 25 years. : D
Also a knitter, and I live in ME!
Happy to have come across your channel.
Hi fellow Coastie wife, knitter, neighbor! Happy to have you here!
Your blog was so good 😊
Kept us in the loop about your knitting progress and challenges but I have to say it looks gorgeous on you
What a beautiful piece!!!
Have a great weekend coming soon !!!😊💝🇨🇦🇨🇦
Thank you so much!!
Love your project and I’m pleased to find someone else that despite describing Noro as quirky, still wants to knit all the things with it. I love the colour shifts of kureyon and the older noro yarns like blossom, and once I’ve removed the twigs out of the sheep (you can tell the wool is wool), the fabric when blocked is so soft and warm. Thanks for the inspo of this pattern.
I found Noro to be one of the most unique and special yarns I have worked with thus far. I'll have to give the other yarns you mention a try! Thanks for watching :)
This is an amazing video, and I enjoyed every stitch of it! Your cardigan is absolutely beautiful and you've inspired me to start my first cardigan project! I live in Texas though, so will only get a few days wear (yes, during winter) out of it. Thank you for sharing your process, it really was so much fun to watch! Hugs from Texas!
Thanks for watching! Maybe use a DK-weight yarn for a lighter knit that you could get more wear out of?
This process was so enjoyable and informative to watch. Loved it!
Great, I'm so happy you enjoyed! I love your videos as well!
Absolutely beautiful! ❤
Thank you!
Well done!
Great vlog! I agree with another commentator that watching the progress of knitting a sweater was very informative and interesting. Thank you for sharing your journey to making a new sweater.
So happy you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching :)
Looks very lovely.
Fabulous 😊
Yay!! I loved this vlog! It was really cool seeing the journey of creating this cardigan and your vlogging style is so engaging! Definitely make more of these types of videos😁
Thanks Chereen! ❤️ can’t wait to swap vlogging ideas 😄
It looks so good! 🎉 I cant wait to pull the trigger on my own cardigan!
Go for it!! You won't be disappointed!
It is so beautiful!!
Thank you so much!
🌴☀️Thanks for sharing this journey with your project I LOVE THESE TYPES OF VIDEOS. I’m making one now but will be adding pockets to show off my sock yarn woowhooo. The finish is beautiful…what a nice cropped cardi ☀️🌴
Awesome! Thank you!
It looks so good!!!!! Totally inspired me to try making a cardigan!
We are doing it!! I saw mini KAL...
I loved your process and your honesty and that yarn turned out ah-mazing. I only live about 1.5 hours from Armstrong and Twisted Purl is a lovely gem of a yarn shop. I think I need a road trip to check out this yarn. Thank you!
Aw thanks so much! I heard through the grapevine that some new colors of Madara are coming out soon...let me know if you spot them at the shop!
perfect timing! this weekend I have plans to look for this Noro at my LYS and was planning to find your last podcast...and then...there you are posting this exact project! Thank you so much, i love all your details and sharing. Thank you, Saturday I am off to buy my own project! Happy knitting! well done, hoping mine comes anywhere close to how beautiful yours is! I hope there is a video on button holes!
Yay! Perfect timing indeed! What yarn/color you thinking? I didn’t see any videos for button holes, but once you get the hang of the double knit band you can easily figure out the button holes. Let me know if you get stuck!
Fantastic job!! I have one dkeeve to do, got bored so i have oucked up all rhe stitches for the button band placket and think i will fo this next. Scared and excited as i have never done it before!!! Xx
Next time I knit this I will probably do the button band before the sleeves!
You will this treasure for decades.
I so agree :)
Love your sweater and yarn choice! I may have to give Noro yarn a try. I found your podcast style very interesting to watch and helpful ,as I'm realtively new to garment knitting. Thanks for sharing it.
Thanks so much for watching ❤️
I finished this cardigan in February. It's a great pattern and I love the knitted on button band although it took FOREVER. I used a combination of Berroco Vintage along with a strand of Knit Picks Aura mohair/silk mix. I love this sweater. It fits perfectly and is very warm.
Agreed - the button band takes FOREVER, but it's SO worth it! I am considering making another cardigan soon...
I really enjoyed watching your progress and what a beautiful FO. Love the Noro yarn I have got to try it and this discount is might tempting. Many Thx. 👏🙏🏼💕🇨🇦
Thank you kindly! Yes, the discount is generous! Enjoy :)
Very beautiful cardigan, congratulations!
Thank you! 😊
Yahoooooo. Thoroughly enjoyed your video and your cardigan looks gorgeous.
Thank you so much!
Excellent! Thank you
really great cardigan! very cozy and at the same time very stylish. now I want something similar for myself❤
I highly recommend this pattern! It's a great piece and can be knit in a wide variety of fibers/colors...
@@svenjaknits thank U ❤️
I also love Noro yarns. The self-striping versions seem to make the projects go more quickly,
Great job!
Thanks!
❤just found you and I just love this video ❤I’m making the Girlfriends cardigan and it’s all knit 🧶 I love it
Ooh I don’t know that pattern! I’ll have to check it out!
Wow - your cardigan is gorgeous!
Thank you! 😊
Great job! ❤ Your cardigan came out beautifully!
Thank you kindly!!
Love your video and love your cardigan. ❤
This is really cute! Good Job!
Thank you!
It came out great! I’m so intimidated by the double knitted band
I used to feel the same way until I watched Handmade by Florence's recent video of her Step by Step cardigan tutorial. She also uses this Noro yarn 😀She makes it very easy to understand how to do the double knit button band.
Loved watching you video. Have now subscribed and will be going through your other videos. Patxx 🐨🇦🇺
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for posting this video, you’ve inspired me and I’ve just purchased this pattern from Ravelry. I look forward to your future videos. Greetings from UK.
Enjoy! It's a great pattern and wonderful knit!
This was such a fun video to watch. You put so much work in it showing it to us from A to Z, great job!! New subscriber here!
Glad you enjoyed watching it! Welcome :)
👍🏽 good job
Loved how the cardigan came out. Blocking really does make a huge difference! I'm always torn between knitting with one skein at a time, or alternating.
Blocking really did transformed this knit!
So beautiful, I am jealous! Ha, Ha!
I just commented and realize that I saw your first video and loved it subscribed however I somehow forgot. So so glad I found you ~ you are my favorite knitting podcast. Great work
So happy to have you here! Thanks for watching :)
Your sweater came out really pretty! Great fit too.
Thank you 😊
Woah, what is this beautiful pink sweater though
Not handmade, unfortunately 😕 but I do like the color!
Wow! Beautiful! I’m taking a knitting lesson this weekend, I have self taught myself in the past but never finished any project 😢My goal is a cardigan, you have helped inspire me❤
You can do it!
KNitting the Terrazzo and loving the Norto
Ooh, are you using silk garden sock?
I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the whole process. The cardigan turned out perfect for you. Great job!
I love Nora yarns too but I may not be ambitious enough for a cardigan. 😉
Thank you! I bet you could knit a cardigan!! There are lots of tutorials and resources out there to help guide the process. I encourage you to try it!
I am knitting the Stephen West Dustland Cardigan, it’s designed much the same as yours but with a plain and purl pattern. So loving it as sides and back are knitted same time. On rib, 😊now and just have to do small bit of sleeves as it’s a drop shoulder design
Ooh that sounds like a nice pattern!
G’day, came across your podcast, really really enjoyed it. You’re cardigan is so lovely. Have subscribed will go back look at prev episodes. 🍀🇦🇺
Thank you so much!! ❤️
Beautiful
Thank you 😊
I might add pockets but that's just perfect in terms of fit and silhouette. Congrats.
Pockets would look nice!
Danke für die schöne Folge und Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland 👋
Bitteschon! ❤️ 🇩🇪
Great job God bless you
Is it easier to knit from top down or easier from bottom up? That is beautiful yarn. You younger girls are amazing & I am so glad to see you all love the material arts.
I prefer top down so I can try it on along the way!
Really enjoyed the video. I saw you wearing a Stowe sweatshirt- I live in Stowe 😊 Thanks for taking us along for the cardigan journey! I want to try that yarn!
So jealous you live in Stowe! We try to do an annual trip there. It’s beautiful and so much fun!! Stowe cider is my favorite 🤩
@@svenjaknits Let me know next time to come to town. Happy to offer suggestions of restaurants, etc. Maybe we can meet up for some knitting!
I live in Morrisville, Vermont. Just 3 min from Stowe, like the next town over. Small world!
@@vanessalumbra9409 Small world! Where do you go for a local yarn shop? I’m sad Stowe no longer has one 😕
Loved this vlog and will definitely watch more. Love your garment and the yarn. I myself would have added a steek to avoid all the purling 😅.
Ahh yes, good point!
I recently made this cardigan and it's a wonderful pattern - the button band adds a refined touch to the cardigan. I want to make another one and love the color/yarn you chose for yours. The yarn looks gorgeous and I like that the specks of color means it works with just about everything.
Not sure if you mentioned it, but what pattern/yarn is the pink sweater you had on in the beginning. I just finished the Agnete cardigan and looking for a simple knit before I knit another cardigan.
I'm planning to knit another one myself! The pink sweater I'm wearing is store-bought, actually, but there are some similar patterns out there that I have saved in my Ravelry bundle: www.ravelry.com/bundles/pullover-sweaters-1005
Loved the vid but can you tell me how ease was I have the noro but I'm not sure which size to knit for the rinished size I want it will help me loads to know how much the noro bloomed so I can find out which size I had provisionally thought of this pattern as the noro is beautiful it makes the Cardigan look nice no need for fancy stich just a glorious shape
My cardigan has a good 10+ inches of positive ease.
Can you share information about your blocking boards and pins?
Hi Vivian - you can find links to all my tools, including my blocking mats, in the description part of the episode!
I have been looking for a tweed yarn like that for years. And the sweater is absolutely darling and perfect. I had trouble finding anyone that had six skeins left of that color 01 but I found it and ordered the yarn and have download the pattern from Ravelry. I love it so much I’m gonna make myself one exactly like yours! Thank you so much for all of this. I was wondering if you had an idea of how many hours you think it took you to complete this. I’m going to keep track. Thanks again!
I'm so glad you were inspired to make your own cardigan! I think you will love working with this yarn. I knit and recorded over the course of 6 weeks, but only took around 3-4 weeks of routine knitting to finish. Hard to gauge exactly how many hours though. Keep me posted on how long it takes you!
Beautiful sweater and I so enjoyed this video as I was attempting to knit my first cardigan, without a pattern! Yikes! What was I thinking? So glad I found you and this video. I am going to start over after I download the pattern. Could you do an instructional video on the tubular ribbing? BTW, I live in Maine also! I have subscribed and watch as many of your vids as time permits. Thanks so much!🌷
Hello fellow Mainer! Where are you watching from exactly? I don't plan on making many instructional videos but I can try to find a good tutorial to reference.
Svenja, it looks so good! I think that yarn is fantastic, neutral with some super fun interest 👌
Was the video you followed for the button band a Petite Knit video, or from a different UA-cam video?
Thanks for reminding me! I just linked the tutorials I found on UA-cam for the double-knit button band and buttonholes. They are by the creator that does all of Petite Knit's tutorials. You can find them in the description of the episode!
@@svenjaknits Ooh sweet, thanks!!
Yikes ! I just purchased the same exact yarn!
I have Noro Enka. 50% cotton, 20% silk and 15% wool and 15% polymide.
I’m a new knitter and would like to ask a question about Noro yarn.
Do you think the Noro I have is to heavy a yarn for a cardigan?
It all depends on how heavy/warm you want your cardigan to be! I love my Noro cardigan and would make another one!
Did you steam block using a clothing steamer?
Just a basic clothing steamer.
If you pulled back until just below the bust and sized down in needle size it'd be like you had shaped your cardigan to your body size.
I got this same yarn after watching this video of yours because your sweater was so beautiful. It’s been years since I knitted a sweater and I’m really having a problem with the instructions on this cardigan. So I was wondering if you could help me. The only other option I have is to pay $35 an hour And make an appointment for a local yarn shop where I did not buy the yarn. After the cast on, are you supposed to knit a row in order to place the markers? Then for row one, where it says turn, are you supposed to do something there besides just turn? Like are you supposed to take one more stitch then turn, then pull the yarn into the back to make a double stitch? I am totally stuck. Appreciate any help anyone can give me.
I’m happy to help troubleshoot your question…would you mind emailing me your question at svenjaknits@gmail.com ? Will be easier to respond there, thanks!
Can this be made on a weight that requires size 9 needle I have woolfolk yarn I would like to use. Loved this video. Most podcasts jus share what they made while drinking matcha tea, so boring.
Yes, definitely - Woolstok worsted would be perfect for this cardi! Just be sure to swatch ;)